The No. 2 seed Colorado State Rams (24-4, 14-4 MWC) are favored by 2 points when they square off the No. 7 seed Utah State Aggies (18-14, 8-10 MWC) in the MWC Tournament. The teams will look to take another step toward an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket on Thursday at Thomas & Mack Center beginning at 9:00 PM.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Colorado State has compiled a 14-13-0 record against the spread this season, while Utah State is 15-14-1. In terms of going over the point total, games involving the Rams are 10-17-0 and the Aggies are 15-15-0. The two teams combine to score 149.2 points per game, 10.7 more points than this matchup’s total. Over the past 10 games, Colorado State is 5-5-0 against the spread and 9-1 overall while Utah State has gone 4-5-1 against the spread and 5-5 overall.
Ahead of this MWC matchup, here is what you need to get ready for Thursday’s college hoops action.
Utah State at Colorado State odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Colorado State -2
- Total: 138.5
- Moneyline: Colorado State -128, Utah State +106
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Utah State at Colorado State odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Colorado State 71, Utah State 70
Moneyline
- The Rams have won 87% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (20-3).
- When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -128 or shorter, Colorado State has a record of 20-2 (90.9%).
- The Rams have an implied moneyline win probability of 56.1% in this contest.
- The Aggies have entered the game as underdogs 10 times this season and won three of those games.
- Utah State has a record of 2-7 in games where oddsmakers have them as underdogs of at least +106 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 48.5% chance of a victory for the Aggies.
Against the spread
- The 75.0 points per game the Rams put up are 8.2 more points than the Aggies give up (66.8).
- When Colorado State scores more than 66.8 points, it is 11-8 against the spread and 18-2 overall.
- Utah State has a 10-9 record against the spread and a 13-8 record overall when giving up fewer than 75.0 points.
- The Aggies average 7.8 more points per game (74.2) than the Rams give up to opponents (66.4).
- Utah State has put together a 14-7-1 ATS record and a 17-7 overall record in games it scores more than 66.4 points.
- Colorado State is 11-9 against the spread and 21-1 overall when it allows fewer than 74.2 points.
- The Rams have totaled 243 more points than their opponents this season (8.6 per game on average), and the Aggies have scored 237 more points than their opponents (7.4 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Rams have an average implied point total of 75.7 this season, which is 5.7 points higher than their implied total in Thursday’s game (70).
- So far this season, Colorado State has scored more than 70 points 18 times.
- The average implied point total on the season for the Aggies (73.8) is 5.8 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (68).
- On the season, Utah State has put up more than 68 points 23 times.
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